selected ufo cases

Europe & Russia

October, 27, 1996 - Erpatak, Hungary

Lajos Kosina's girlfriend posed for one snapshot in her parents garden and no one noticed anything unusual in the sky at the time. Upon having the photograph developed some weeks later Lajos was surprised to see a ‘disc-shaped’ object in the sky behind his girlfriend.
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Source: Hungarian UFO Network (HUFON) / Philip Mantle
ID: 237

Case Type: StandardCase
Features:
Photo, Witness Photo

October, 1, 1996 - Bonnybridge area, United Kingdom

On October 1,1996, a small Rapid Mobilization Investigative Team (RMIT) was activated by CSETI's director and founder, Steven Greer M.D. The team journeyed to the Bonnybridge, Scotland area - scene of continuing, persistent UFO activity since the current wave began in 1994.
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September, 23, 1996 - Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

The three witnesses in the car became aware of a tremendously bright white light on the ground beside a group of trees. Also observed by them at this point was an immense bright blue glow which was shining up from the ground and out through the trees. [Then] events began to take a more dramatic turn, for whilst they were all captivated by these spinning lights, Mary suddenly became aware of figures silhouetted in the lights.
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Source: Malcom Robinson, Flying Saucer Review
ID: 52

September, 16, 1996 - Corme Royal, France

On September 16, 1996 in the 5 hour old neighbourhoods, the witness in his car observes an ovoid [oval-shaped] machine [object] with three port-holes emitting a strong orange light. The object is stationary at an altitude of 30 to 40 meters and between 300 and 400 meters from the road. The somewhat frightened witness continues on the road and subsequently observes two identical objects higher in the sky. The objects observed were dark and their size estimated at ten meters length. No explanation was found with this close observation.
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Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO Program)
ID: 1121

September, 12, 1996 - Pont de Salars, France

On September 12, 1996 around 8 p.m., a mother and her daughter in their car observe an object made up of an ovoid [oval-shaped] skirt [?] and a surmounted cylinder on a dome with three lights (port-holes?) sharp red. On the cylinder, a fluorescent green light turned like a gyrophare [?]. The object, silent, was suspended 4 meters off the ground and approximately ten meters from the road. Its size is estimated as two cars [size] approximately. The object disappeared at the end of a few minutes. The phenomenon observed was not explained.
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Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO program)
ID: 1120

September, 29, 1995 - Vejle, Jutland, Denmark

A 24-year-old man was driving to visit his parents in Vejle in Jutland, Denmark, when he experienced a dramatic stopping of his car when a disc-shaped UFO with a powerful light hovered over his vehicle. The object was only 3-4 meters above the car, and he could see a number of circular lamps on the underside. After a short time the intensity of the light from the UFO diminished, and it slowly moved away and out of sight; he was able to start the car again normally.
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Source: Kim Moller Hansen, in Evans and Stacey (1997)
ID: 733

July, 11, 1995 - Steinkjer, Norway

At 16.25 hours on July 11, 1995, a Dash-8 passenger plane from the Wideroe company was on route from Fornebu (Oslo) to Bronnoysund when something very strange happened over Steinkjer about 70 kilmetres north of Trondheim. The co-pilot caught sight of a flying object that moved to the right of the plane.
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Source: UFO Sweden
ID: 54

Case Type: PressReport
Features:
Pilot/Aircrew

January, 6, 1995 - Pennines, near Manchester, United Kingdom

What follows is the full report of the CAA's conclusions relating to a near miss between a Boeing 737 and an unknown object on 6th January 1995, while on its final approach to Manchester Airport.
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Source: Mike Wootten - BUFORA
ID: 31

Case Type: StandardCase
Features:
Pilot/Aircrew

November, 5, 1994 - Penine Hills, United Kingdom

For two Rochdale youngsters remembering November 5th will never be a problem again, because it was on Guy Fawkes night of 1994 that they were subjected to a frightening ordeal that has left them both emotionally drained.
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Source: Flying Saucer Review, 1981?
ID: 29

Case Type: StandardCase
Features:
Missing Time, Children

October, 30, 1994 - Selestat, France

The car leaves the city quickly but a little further finds the phenomenon in front of the vehicle: a triangle with the same type of light on the circumference came to be added to the circle. The triangle is equilateral 10 side meters approximately and altitude from 10 to 15 meters. The phenomenon accompanied the vehicle which ran to approximately 80 km/h while adapting at the speed and that on several km. During a change of direction the object accelerated and moved away.
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Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO program)
ID: 1117

May, 21, 1994 - Plauen, Germany

The witness 'spotted a big luminous object approximately 100 meters away, hovering at an altitude of about 30 meters just above the building. It looked to her like two frisbees stuck together, turning in opposite directions. The bottom part had small, dark squares that looked like windows under which a circle of white lights rotated in a clockwise direction. The object appeared to be about 10 meters in diameter.'
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Source: Illobrand von Ludwiger - MUFON-CES
ID: 435

Case Type: StandardCase
Features:
Portholes/Windows

January, 28, 1994 - Paris, France

While flying over the Paris region, the crew noticed a large brown-red disk hovering on the horizon and constantly changing shape. From the pilot: "This object seemed to us then absolutely abnormal by its size which seemed immense, its dark red color and of the fuzzy edges. I had the impression to observe a gigantic lens in evolution. It did not resemble anything we had seen in our flying careers. "
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Source: UFOCOM (Credit: Ufologie.net - Patrick Gross)
ID: 1062

Case Type: StandardCase
Features:
Pilot/Aircrew, Witness Photo

January, 9, 1994 - Nouzonville, France

On January 9, 1994 about 19:30 a young woman and her friend in the car observe a luminous rectangular form in the sky. Having stopped their vehicle, they observe this form which is illuminated with white and red lights. Having lost sight of the object, they go in the car to find a better point of observation. Again stopped, the young woman observes an oval-shaped form with the same red and white lights which then seems to come in its direction.
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Source: GEIPAN (Official French government UFO program)
ID: 1118

January, 4, 1994 - Fleury Sur Andelle, France

On January 4, 1994 with 23h50 a man who was watching television observes outside an orange light appearance moving to and from. While approaching, the witness observes a luminous conical [cone-shaped] form turning around its axis and comprising on its circumference stripes of various colors... The witness then feels muscular contractions in his legs and the bottom of his back.
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Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO program)
ID: 1119

March, 9, 1993 - Braunschweig , Germany

"Through the bedroom window, we saw a bright round shining object stationary at a height of some 10 metres or so above the birch trees to the east... it was now immediately quite clear to me that I was looking at an unknown flying object... we could see its shape absolutely clearly."
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August, 1992 - Almunécar, Granada/Andalusia, Spain

Three people were on a beach at Almunécar, in South Spain, at around 2 a.m., when they saw a triangular flying object, with a kind of bright "V" ( 2 of them) in the direction on the flight - just like two boomerangs fliying one behind each other, with the peak fordwards. It flew over their heads, without a sound, and disappeared with a "shining". The sighting lasted for about 10 seconds.
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